Funk musician Sly Stone died last night at the age of 82, after a long struggle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and other underlying health issues, according to a statement released by ...

But Sly Stone lived up to his moniker in his approach to circumventing this system. By assembling his band of both Black and white members, incorporating both men and women, he bypassed record ...

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!

The concert took place on Easter morning, March 26, 1967, towards the end of Sly and the Family Stone’s residency at the Bay Area music venue Winchester Cathedral (they served as the house band ...

Sly Stone's legacy will live on in the revolutionary music he recorded in his prime, not to mention the music that music inspired, as celebrated in a recent documentary by Questlove of The Roots ...

Sly shot to prominence in the music industry in 1968 alongside his band Sly and the Family Stone with their hit “Dance to the Music,” which landed in the top 10 on both the pop and R&B charts.

And Freddie Stone, he was almost the power behind the throne. It’s not just that Sly was a singular genius — that band was incredibly impactful. He was the original code-switcher.

With their fourth album Stand! (1969), Sly and the Family Stone vaulted to stardom. The album’s infectious songs brimmed with joie de vivre and urged listeners to dance.

Sly Stone was such a trailblazer that I worried that focusing too much on his achievements might distract from the important message about mental health we aimed to highlight in the Sly Lives! doc ...

Where were you when you heard the news about Sly Stone's June 9 death from COPD and, according to his family, "other underlying health issues"? I was on my way to a doctor's appointment, and I ...

But in 1983, following a struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, Sly Stone went into permanent retirement, and the band disbanded. For decades, music lovers wondered what happened to Sly.